South Koreans living abroad in Paris, Berlin and New York have held candle light vigils this week to protest the meddling of last year’s presidential election by government organizations, sources said Saturday.

Organizers of the rallies that took place in the foreign cities said dozens of protesters showed up on or near the one-year anniversary of the Dec. 19 election to denounce namely the National Intelligence Service (NIS), the country’s spy agency, and the defense ministry’s psychological warfare unit for their involvement in illegally meddling in the election.